Gill lauds Batra's exclusion from four-member delegation

Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) patron and chief advisor, K P S Gill today applauded IOA acting chief V K Malhotra's decision not to include Hockey India secretary general Narinder Batra in the four-member delegation for a meeting with the IOC in Lausanne on May 15.
The Indian Olympic Association yesterday finalised a four-member delegation, which will accompany Sports Ministry officials, for the May 15 meeting with IOC to find a way for India's return to the Olympic movement.
Besides, Malhotra, the list includes N Ramachandran (Patron, Squash Rackets Federation of India), Tarlochan Singh (vice-president, Archery Association of India) and S Raghunathan (President, Indian Kayaking Canoeing Association).

"Let me congratulate your stance for not including in your list of delegation for Lausanne the dubious and unethical individual Narinder Batra," Gill wrote in his letter, dated May 4, 2013, to Malhotra.
Criticising Batra, Gill said, "It is a well known fact that the conniving Narinder Batra has been playing games for his own selfish interest and ensured that the IOA does not show any favourable inclination towards the IHF. Along with the FIH he has been using blackmailing tactics and putting pressure on the government and the IOA for his own selfish motives.
"It was Narinder Batra who moved the courts for the implementations of the Govt sports guidelines and now he himself has been contradicting it.

"Any individual who has no ethics and passion cannot be and should not be allowed to be a part of any delegation going to discuss the IOA matters with the IOC," he added.